Chords:
{t: GF - Mother What'll I Do Now }
{key: C}
{artist:George Formby}
[C] Mother [Cdim] you give [C] good advice, [Dm7] always you mean [Fadd9] well. [G7]
[C] Now I [E7] need it [Am] more than ever I'm in[D7]side this [G7] cell. [Gdim] [G7]
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[C] I'm be[E7]hind a [Dm] prison [G7] wall,
the [C] bed's so [A7] hard and [D7] much too [G7] small
There's [C] no py[C7]jamas [F] here at [G#7] all,
Oh [C] Mother what'll [Dm7] I [G7] do [C] now? [Cm] [G7]
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They [C] told me [C7] they would [Dm] treat me [G7] swell
[C] tucked in[A7]side my [D7] little [G7] cell
But [C] up to [C7] now it's [F] been like [G#7] h !
[C] Mother what'll [Dm7] I [G7] do [C] now?
We're [C7] parted from each other [C] and that's [Fdim] too [F] bad.
[D7] You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever [G] had. [Gdim] [G7]
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To[C]night I've [A7] got a [Dm] date you [G7] see
but [C] they won't [A7] let me [D7] have a [G7] key
And the [C] Warder's [C7] won't wait [C] up for [G#7] me,
Oh! [C] Mother what'll [G#7] I [G7] do [C] now?
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It's [C] hard to [A7] pass the [Dm] time a[G7]way,
I'm [C] in a [A7] dangerous [D7] mood I [G7] say.
I've [C] smoked two [C7] ciga[F]rettes to[G#7]day,
Oh! [C] Mother what'll [G#7] I [G7] do [C] now?
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[C] First I [C7] stand and [Dm] then I [G7] sit,
[C] then I [A7] sit and [D7] stand a [G7] bit
But [C] I can't [C7]stand much [F] more of [G#7] it,
[C] Mother what'll [Dm7] I [G7] do [C] now?
We're [C7] parted from each other [C] and that's [Fdim] too [F] bad.
[D7] You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever [G] had. [Gdim] [G7]
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[C] I got [A7] such an [Dm] awful [G7] shock,
I [C] asked the [A7] time for [D7] there's no [G7] clock
And the [C] Warder [C7] said six [F] months "Old [G#7] Cock"
Oh! [C] Mother what'll [G#7] I [G7] do [C] now?
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I [C] order [C7] lunch from [Dm] soup to [G7] sweet
but [C] they for[A7]got the [D7] fish and [G7] meat
And [C] since the [C7] soup there's [F] nowt to [G#7] eat,
[C] Mother what'll [Dm7] I [G7] do [C] now?
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[C] I've had [A7] such a [Dm] tummy [G7] ache.
[C] All night [A7] long I've [D7] been a[G7] wake.
Some [C] castor [C7] oil they [F] made me [G#7] take,
[C] Mother what'll [Dm7] I [G7] do [C] now?
We're [C7] parted from each other [C] and that's [Fdim] too [F] bad.
[D7] You're my favourite Mother, Oh the best I ever [G] had. [Gdim] [G7]
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[C] I've played [A7] Peter [Dm] fly away [G7] Paul,
[C] I've played [A7] tiddly [D7] winks and [G7] all
I've [C] written rude [C7] words up[F]on the [G#7] wall,
Oh! [C] Mother what'll [G#7] I [G7] do [C] now? [G7] [C]
